“One Big Pothole.”While the Congressional Transportation Committee continues negotiations, Politico reminds us that there is currently “no realistic long-term fix waiting in the wings” for America’s overall aging transportation infrastructure. As Rob MucCulloch, Senior Policy and Legislative Advocate for the BlueGreen Alliance, recently noted on the BlueGreen Alliance’s blog, “the transportation bill conference is an immense opportunity to bolster the backbone” of America’s transportation infrastructure while also creating a “multitudes of jobs.”

Americans support clean energy.A study published in the Nature Climate Change journal, found “the average United States citizen was willing to pay $162 a year more to support a national policy requiring 80 percent 'clean' energy by 2035.”

The BBC News says the “UN climate talks have opened in Germany, with the EU struggling to keep its position of a global leader.”

In an editorial in The Root, Jacqui Patterson, the director of NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice programs says the organization “has decided to shape the emerging clean economy by engaging in it.”

According to E&E News, “The Obama administration… warned California to accelerate action on its high-speed rail project, which has collected more than $3 billion in federal money but hasn't moved forward.”

The Boston Globe reports Newton, MA is “poised to become the first municipality in the state to buy all of its electricity from renewable sources.”